Real Club Valderrama Open de España hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation
First played: 1912 (Became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 1972)
Most wins: 6 – Angel de la Torre – 1916, 17, 19, 23, 25, 35
Consecutive wins: 3 – Angel de la Torre – 1916, 17, 19
2 – Arnaud Massy – 1927, 28; Gabriel Gonzalez – 1932, 33,
2 – Marcelino Morcillo – 1948, 49; Max Faulkner – 1952, 53
*Stats from 1972 onwards
Youngest winner: Sergio Garcia, 22 years and 109 days, 2002
Oldest winner: Miguel Angel Jiménez, 50 years and 133 days, 2014
Lowest 18 hole score: 61 (-9), Wayne Riley, 1988
Lowest first 18 hole score: 63 (-9), Seve Ballesteros, Eduardo Romero, 1991, Mårten Olander, Charl Schwartzel, 2003,
Søren Hansen, 2009 63 (-7), Mark James, Richard Boxall, 1988
Lowest first 36 hole score: 127 (-13), Richard Boxall, 1988
Lowest first 54 hole score: 194 (-16), Mark James, 1988
Lowest 72 hole score: 262 (-18), Mark James, 1988
Lowest under par score: 266 (-22), Kenneth Ferrie, Peter Hedblom, Peter Lawrie, 2003
Lowest final round by a winner: 62 (-10), Bernhard Langer, 1984
Wire-to-wire-winners: Neil Coles, 1973
Largest 18 hole lead: 5 shots – Seve Ballesteros, 1991
Largest 36 hole lead: 4 shots – Richard Boxall, 1988, David Park, 2004, Ignacio Garrido, 2008
Largest 54 hole lead: 6 shots – Padraig Harrington, 1996
Largest winning margin: 8 shots – Sam Torrance, 1982
Biggest final round 7 shots – Bernhard Langer, 1984
comeback by a winner:
Play-offs: Antonio Garrido beat Valentin Barrios, 1972
Eduardo Romero beat Seve Ballesteros, 1991
Mark James beat Greg Norman, 1997
Kenneth Ferrie beat Peter Hedblom and Peter Lawrie, 2003
Peter Hanson beat Peter Gustafsson, 2005
Niclas Fasth beat John Bickerton, 2006
Peter Lawrie beat Ignacio Garrido, 2008
Alvaro Qurios beat James Morrison, 2010
Raphaël Jacquelin beat Felipe Aguilar and Maximilian Kieffer, 2013 (ninth play-off hole to
equal European Tour record for longest play-off)
Miguel Angel Jiménez beat Richard Green and Thomas Pieters, 2014
Holes-in-one: 18
Low cut: 138 (-6), 2003, (European Tour record)
High cut: 153 (+9), 1987, 151 (+9), 2016
